Knife-shield and gage.



P. C. DEPEW.

KNIFE SHIELD AND GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYII' l9l6.

1,266,562. Patented May 21,1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,016.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, PAUL C. DEPEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knife-Shields and Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards and gages to be used on knives to prevent injury to the hands and to assist in peeling and slicing fruits and vegetables. It has for its object the production of a guard or shielding member to be placed on an ordinary peeling knife arranged so as to cover the portion of the blade which is likely to come in contact with the fingers or thumb, and at the same time having a projecting member which acts as a gage or guide to control the thickness of the peeling of the object, the member being so attached to the knife that moisture and dirt cannot enter between it and the blade.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side view of a knife and a shield and gage member which embody features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the instrument. Fig. 3 is a section along the line 33 of Fig. 1. And Fig. 4 is a section along the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The member 5 as shown by the drawings comprises a sheet of suitable material; I prefer for the purpose steel. The member is stamped from a sheet of metal and is then bent around the knife blade as indicated. In order to more firmly hold the member to the blade, recesses 6 and 7 are formed in the blade, and the member is pressed around the blade by the use of any suitable means so that the metal fits snugly to the blade, and so tightly as to prevent moisture or dirt from passing in between the member and the blade. However, beginning at the shoulder 8, the projecting portion 9 of the member is bent outwardly away from the blade such a distance as may be desired, and then passes forwardly parallel with the blade, as indi cated in Fig. 2, so as to provide guiding means or a gage for determining the thickness of the peeling of the object.

By this arrangement of the member and blade, it will be seen that there is no posslbility of the thumb or finger being cut by that portion of the blade which is adjacent the handle, which is the portion which usually causes injury. By attaching the memher to the blade by means of a press of sufficient force, the contiguous metal surfaces are so firmly pressed together, that they prevent any substance passing between, and no trouble is experienced in keeping the instrument clean. At the same time, a suitable guide is formed which determines the thickness of the peeling or slice, if it is desired to use the instrument for slicing purposes, and at the same time no undesirable supporting meimber for the guide is needed at the outer en By this arrangement also, it will be seen that the greater portion of the blade of the knife is exposed so that it is available for all ordinary purposes such as coring, dividing into sections, or slicing the obj eet, as may be desired; and the depressions 6 in the handle not only assist in preventing injury to the fingers, but the shapes of the depressions are such as to allow the fingers or thumb to fit snugly therein, and prevent slipping of the hand. By the term shield in this specification, I refer to that portion of the member 5 which is wrapped around the knife blade and is pressed into the depressions 6 and 7. By the term gage, I refer to the portion 9 of the member 5, the function of which is to gage the thickness of the peeling.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a knife, a shield, and a gage; the blade of the knife having a depression in the edge thereof adjacent the handle; the shield and the gage being integral, the shield portion being bent around the said blade adjacent the said handle, a portion of the shield being bent into said depression, the depression thus formed being adapted to receive the curved surfaces of the fingers of the user; and the gage extending outwardly from said shield parallel, but spaced from said blade; the inner surfaces of said shield portion fitting snugly against the adjacent surfaces of said blade.

2. The combination of a knife, and a shield member, the edge of the blade of the knife having a depression therein adjacent the handle of the knife, the. shield member and a gage member fixed to said shield membeing bent around the said blade adjacent her and passing outwardly therefrom away the said handle and into said depression, from said handle and parallel with said 10 the depression thus'formed being adapted to blade but spaced therefrom.

5 receive the curved surfaces of the fingers of In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my the usergthe adjacent surfaces of the memhand. ber and the blade fitting tightly together, PAUL C. DEPEW.

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